Nursing home articles
-
Former nurse sentenced to probation for neglecting nursing home residents in Crystal Lake by working while intoxicated
A former nurse who pleaded guilty to neglecting residents of a nursing home in Crystal Lake for working while intoxicated has been sentenced to probation. Angela S. Hutchison, 48, of McHenry, was charged in July with one count of criminal neglect of a facility resident, a Class 4 felony. She was later indicted on a […]
-
Wyden applauds new Biden administration rules to improve nursing home and home-based staffing, care
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement this week after the Biden administration finalized several rules aimed at improving health care for Americans in nursing homes, those receiving home and community-based services through Medicaid, as well as updates to Medicaid-managed care to strengthen health services covered by these plans:
-
Retired Kansas nurse returns home after volunteering in Ukraine
From the plains of Kansas to the plains of Ukraine. One local nurse retired after 44 years and decided to spend her retirement serving in a war zone.